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ro d m eir l a terr ible I , b4c 110 30 p. io t r eV ist6 0 ,1 bei n6 Ilan 11.'1 im ptelP r sid e ' to a il°P i rance . 'ow Of 130 0 ° 1; 9, IVO ritYl blit o ter os. e Mlle(' • ber gi ci E" . !stabil° ,ive lO C° ble to , - o ne 0 , I, pr e• El if g ' al 01 p l° ' our , r edi t ' thei if ieg• :eed' ig n6, oins e ast -1114 le i° ipe r, 001 o f oo fe ll ", 'i lea ;cc i • i ng't with such unguarded frankness, that any stranger visit iPg Aix- la - Chap e ll e, may, if be please, enter at once into all thvir projects ; may become acquainted with al) the points uPon which they differ, an d upon which they agree; as well " 1 i those which are to abide the fate of a compromise of ° ? i ' li "o• This is to be presumed by all, who are resolved to so g l ee credit to all those statements, which appear in shapes I."Y circumstantial, under the head of Private Corres- P " (l e - nue--f or payin g ,if not presumed, it would be impossible— due `MY res bornage t o probability.-to lo o k u p on th em w i t h pect, or to treat them as being a degree above the tie eepi sof the loosest colfee-house conversation. It would to not a little extraordinary, that Sovereigns should proceed "Ix -la-Chapelle, to discuss, personally, certain measures, ot such facility and insignificance in their natures as not to require any Yeserve whatever, in any stage of their discus sion. One s hould think th e C rowned Heads now assembled :t th at place, if they h a d only matters of such light concern to ^ transact, would faith have confided them t o exper i ence d and ful Ministers." SHIP NEWS. Lt v - EttpooL, OcT.lB.—Sailed the John Taylor, I. 4l'll ' l N B o, for B om b ay. The Sir John Cameron, " ..44L Lre, from Quebec for Liverpool, which was "el near I Vaterford on the 14th inst. was "Pected to be got off the next tide. Crew safe. th.lL,"aue Acomae, OCT. 18.—A rr i ve d o ff th i s port tuitv', COOK E , from Li s b on f or B r i stol, with a rks and staunchions gone, and vessel much straued. f ro _ L. OCT. 18 . —A rr i ved the Nancy, REMY, IT Bayonne. 1./411ISMOUTH OCT. I9.—A rr i ve d t h e Blender) i ‘ A RTINT: from London for Madras, &c rr "(l THOP.IPSON, of and f rom Baltimore, I?ays, passed by for Amsterdam, all well. frtrdi"""l.ll, OCT I I ri' 7,—Arrived th e J o h n Craw iY" ')Ito Maia gl for L t i t h . Arrived off this po r t ~; lncfi li"ty's brig Fly, from Plymouth for the t- , a 1 • Sailed t h e M ar lb orough packet to . 11 or . for Li s b on ; Q,,tiee.nsbcri y p ac k e t, w i t h i , ( - ; , J idoi.ic;,, t h e Li on, for Ancona ; Faith, to,k l 4; Venus, for li.trcelona ; B etsey , f or "(lu sry, fur Ireland ; and several coasters . 3 „....._ at.:l3lt'Lutsicti.-011 7Satordav the Waterloo, a l , If P‘titiliS ‘1.,1S lillinCllNl at Portsmou . th Dock-yar d . tiit.s:".e. ate occasions when the interest of . v ~-` "f .1I nautical scenes is capable of being 1 . 11- t 4 1 , - , 4 0 6. e e 1 d, it must be when the man-of-vrar i r s tr.iiie bailie (cm p(rpetuate some great event,.. 0 1 Lf '` Soule hero, dear to the patriotic fe eli ng s 1.4 ' "e IY l l'"gr •hllll it 14111 st have bi.en on the i nCII I IS - --"-- This assertion is u t ., gof the Waterloo. ' e outcre casi by the rAst crowds of attendants on the 11) r 1 11 b , t ' i llg greater, by far, than on a n y f or . . t rey , antic') ssithi h th e recollection of the oldest tlial; k;b2110041111ber cannot be estimated at e' with I t ° ,, Pers 'lns. The harbour was covere d . t't 1- " t hod Gentlemen's yachts and pleasure a 4 i () f . all descript' ons. A great "umbel. of il4tiiits,),44`l"Cienticinen were launched in her. A t f • 411'40y min utes past twelve, Lord HoWARD, the itle s' 6l./34 ( who - gathered many laurels under 1 1 1 , 7 „ t -- "cr of vi7.iterloo)s accompanied by N. l'. ‘"/"' 1;. 'I • Shipwright, named the Is 1 1 , . t.„ , Jsq ts aster . "a)ss • .4 Ut c akin g bottle o f wine against her ti sn.,ll a l'it hS 1, re i tsti a l form ; his Lordship remarking,. I) i f tI) le) it (whichis a hue iull•length figurs. g. t , • -il, *h. tio,s oto qf WELLINWION r r . ) ,), _ _ d the i I P W rue ,, te of WELLINGTON, so l'e ' ► lle an,. -41 t'otiir 11'4). iti honour of the Great Duke, , ,1 )444,(1 .11erlioration of his splendid battle. She 'table I'llo her . • element with that adini- Ib lii,,l st 'lpt i , l p ro p er ~,, c and majestic ease, treiii-e.' teuder°", magul-I;n•e of this highest 1.11 ire ii , eo the conviction . 1 .,e kit tt ., t of human skill and science at once i'tor `,lsit gratifica.ion and pleasure , f the spec- , -1. el,t.'ete certai•rl'y is one of the finest ships of '''e, A.;, - , s ill the ri• ' , is. built - on the new prinei 4tnd ') Ilia d i ": , an d il ti ppel i gona, riders t r us s ;. her giin Ilos - l g a t , 1 ts velts are laid diagonally. The fo v .le,' dill:e!isions ! peper'zli,ll,oll t lit- gun deck...: .. .. .:149: It' 2r)n. lie` c lI,Zk in .1-f.o.);i *********** 2I 0 k gl it . e n in Toils ... 2056 et i , e head is exquisitely carved, and the . t ti ., ss v er ,.. -. e by ii_tY -iccurate : it was taken from a plc " vYer. A, ----....,,, ht. t eD4 1 i'll i t „ it l i ()! the loss of,the Pigmy schooner has . 1 14.4 1 Str"SIV Circis!ated for some dlys past. t ie 1„ 4t-trs may re-1 i • flour being I t vvit.lotl. %t4te`aSt f ot. ot. 4 . y on . s t ,e tut ) s I le. , i tion, Ihe re w r. . sti, port from Fa . lnno . ntli ii,. rf C4l: vilnsectloss on the 30th (dr. oil l i irtu i lt u - i o, l t i tb rli ii, 'it that time she was in Liverpoo , a " I to a letter received here, yesterday, n r , tle 8, 1 . i)e ) .. tili th e . f . l ol Tsra . nt, she intended to leave that '''') h 'iliet O wing (lay ; but the Liverpool Pa 1, ay. ' arrived this morning, does it in. • e‘''clph';alle(l up to Toesdayittst.—( Plymouth , A ce _ . ---.../................_.................__......,11•........+.- 4104 4rti ttlg t 14 C' t 41. Y C( l4 (1 tol article from Frankfort, the 41141 ittliior 140 tree of the Diet having finished P4,.4!litur rant labours relative to the military 41 t 1"I ' of "f i ' l , 41, ( 1 Germany, they have now se r P- h ave the Austrian and Prussian Mem bers t„ t'l fr„iii tp.roceedtd to Aix-la-Chapelle. We thy, t) Cioi jienna, that young NAPOLEON is to C h avi, t 114) while the Empress of AUSTRIA I"4rrit,t 4 101 0 (ter fa mily at Nltittich. The parting t0,,, ' .'l al II es ? of l'AumA from her son is de ter((,,tit'sll ,l'"rig been extremely affecting. She ) , t, 'e child th at wou ld ' • ' • t ., It,. ars_ , _.at she see 'Jim again , :; 11 "Ty s, it Intelligence from the same guar ‘l*et 1.1 11, oat ~, ~ _ _ . ii.. 4pt. 41,teit Htii.le. AleilioirS of LAS CASAS are th tc 5t,. 04 , n tiest, and that piddle opinion , F,14- P,i'verlint'y agaiiist the conduct of the Eng -1t) et i , Sir thosox Lown." 4 1 ,, 're 1,."'01.1,13 t r ) - 4 '16 1 ' S . 11 it 0 - of BAxii-CoßunG arrived at I,l44trytc" atte,: v i e Cit y, on the sth instant. The . 7'1(1,, t , t_ ne tt , ' eil his return, proves that his " 'el I- "ve do! +II 1 ' 1 3 4 Mr tt i , Y •appreciated his virtues. 'rti,st.l4.44t,eit Marred his brilliant prospects, ilt i s 'l ti,,t)"' his fondest hopes must have also t,?lii,,p,srseliort,..:ll,l).l.lic interest in his ' favotir. '' 'll I) ' • ' the AT." upon the breaking up of the it,ti 3,,,.t7l'iroioit at Bovereigns will publish a 1 4 t'le,,rres i f , a i l Or Manifesto, in which they l'11 11: ( i , , 1 : ' , i ati oll t, Litrope their anxious desire ti ., 4 e ''' geli er ), ("nit nothing in their power e irr e 41 peace, so happily re-esta . A per, ‘ , . • • . ..,larlent, and prosperous. L\ PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE PARIS, OCT. 15.—There is good reason to be lieve that the Emperor of RUSSIA has sold the ar tillery and ammunition of the Russian Contingent of the Army of Occupation, to France. This story has been some time in circulation, but as we are always the last to credit idle rumours, so we are the first to give publicity to them when they bear the stamp of truth or probability. This cir cumstance is likely to give umbrage to our Ca binet, and has, we understand, been the subject of a lively discussion at Aix-la-Chapelle. As to the matter itself', we see no reason to complain of the measure. France must and will be armed, and no matter by what means. If we would keep her unarmed, we must do as JuLtus C/ESAR did with the refractory Gauls of his day, cut off the right hands of every one ; and this there ate some powers in Europe would like to do at the present day, only what mouse dare hang the bell about the cat's neck ? We are, notwithstanding, sorry for the measure in another point of view ; it proves that Russia has all along had a secret understanding with France, which cannot be fa vourable to England. England has always, from a spirit of jealousy and rivalry, never heartily coalesced with France since the Norman con- quest, and this mean spirit has been exercised with more than as equal reciprocity by France. This difference has led Poets to con- elude very fairly, that GOD, in separating England from France, preserved liberty to the rest of the world. For our own parts, we are persuaded chat true policy dictates the most inti- mate alliance between those two powers ; it is their common interest, and thus united, they might defy the rest of the world. They should be united, for they are precisely like man and wife ; let a third person come in and exercise any influence, jealousy at the instant fills the breast of the slighted party, and all the natural consequences of jealousy, in their worst forms, instantly take place. Thus England, when she sees Russia trying to exercise an influence to her prejudice in France : she will hasten to counteract it, and the result is sure to he ruin of the innocent. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR,--I n a conversation which I had with one of your pretended Established Church men, who profess such inveteracy against us all, as " Emissari , :s of Satan," who do not support the British and Foreign Bible Society, in preference to the one for Promoting Christian Knowledge, as not so generally useful, I was artfully let into a few of their secret principles, which I must say I think so generally inimical to Church and State, that they ought to be publicly disavowed, or publicly confuted and controverted by every man to whom the interests of Church and State are clear; for the levelling principle which pervades the one is evidently the levelling principle , vhich pervades the other. I noted down a sew remarks, in answer to my opinion, that a man who paid Missionaries to disseminate principles: inimical to the Established Church, could not think it wrong to attend a Dissentin g Chapel, which was agreed upon, in the idea that the British and Foreign Bible Society had done more in four years towards spreading the Scripture., than the whet Society would have done in 150, at the rate they were going on,—viz. " If the Bible contains any thing which can controvert the Church of England, it right it should be controverted." Now, Mr. Editor, in my opinion, a man w h o professes him self a Church of England Minister, and says if the Biblf• can controvert it, it ought to be contro verted, opens, in my mind, a broad way for every schism to enter. When he says, too, ours is a Calvinistic Church, rightly understood, in its Ar ticks, and that all sects are included in the Pro testant pale save Catholics, and plain Predestina rianism is our own true doctrine,—what God bath joined, I say (faith and practice), let no man put asunder, or how will he join it again, as though it had never been separated ; and if once we have these itching ears for going beyond the truth, my word for it, nothing but universal ambition of li centiousness in faith and practice (doing evil tha good may come) will be our motto. A TRUE CHURCHMAN. P. S. Only behold what may not arise from universal. toleration ; if all sects but Catholics are Protestants, all men else may be Rulers in Church and State. Early yesterday morning the PRINCE REGENT wal seized with a fit of the gout, by which his Royal Highness is confined to Carlton-house.— (Herald,) _ The Duchess of CUMBERLAND formed her first acquaintance with the Princess ELIZABETH at Hombourg, as she had been prevented from see ing► her in London. Yesterday Viscount SIDMOUTH had a long an lienee of the PRitice REGENT at Carlton-house. The Duke of YORK came to town last evening Oltlands. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of E EST set out from Frankfort the 9th instant, for Sit itzerland. !t is said to be the determination of Govern ment to superannuate all Revenue Officers above 70 years of age, on a liberal superannuation, si milar to that lately given to the Officers in the Prevemive Service. Yesterday morning the first issue of the new Crown-pieces took place, not to the Public, but to the Bank Clerks. Every Clerk on the esta blishment received one, tor which he had to sign a book It is expected they will be generally issued in a few days. POETRY; ODE TO MISS *--'S BACK. Ix consequence of her stOoeng so much. " So stands the statue that delights the world." Back of beauty —snowy spine, Arch of dear and deep design, Is thy convex meant to show The native bend of Cupid's bow ? Does thy crescent's lovely swell Of Dian's stooping splendour tell, When the young Endymion Slept in the kisses of tbemoon ? Is thy lilied beauty bent Like Pity on a monument, Eternal stooping, but to raise The victims that its lustre slays ? Or keep for ever on the ground The sapphire eyes, too sure to wound? Or on our mortal visioning, If life the Grecian Goddess bring, Her eye, her smile, her Grace thine own, All Venus—but her heart of stone ? * The above Lines have appeared in two Irish Papers. In one they are addressed to Miss FO ATE, and in the other to Miss STEPHENS. For whichever of the two the lines were intended, it may be fairly said of either that " She Sloops to Conquer." MR. MATHEWS. KILKENNY, OCT. 14.—Mr. MATHEws, the ce brated Comedian, a Gentleman as well by birth and property as by talents, arrived here on Satur day. Our Theatrical Society paid him every at tention, and lent him their fine theatre ; and, by their advice, he issued hills for the performance of his interesting Medley, on Monday, at three o'clock, the fancy ball at Jenkinstown that night preventing an evening meeting. The bills were printed under the direction of a Member of the Society, whom every Gentleman in the county honours, and who is esteemed and respected by every man that knows him. Unfortunately, the urgency of the case, or inadvertency, prevented application for the permission of the Mayor. In the course of the forenoon of Monday, while Mr. Mathews was lounging in the library at the Parade, a City Constable rushed into the library, with fury sparkling in his eyes, and with a roll of paper in his band, said, " Is a M— M— M— M Mr. Mathews here ?" The maniac appearance of the constable induced several Gentlemen to retire to the extremities of the apartment, but Mr. Mathews instantly announced himself. The constable unfolded his roll, which was one of Mr. Mathews's bills, and said, " how daredest you, Sir, put forth them bills without the Mare's permission ? Hese Worship is mad, and you must conic along with me to the office directly." Mr. Mathews, perhaps, remembering that " a dog's obeyed in office," went to the Mayor's office. On his return, he entered into no de tail of the conversation at his interview, but ordered a few more bills to be printed, with the head—" By permission of the Worshipful John Kinchela, Esq. Mayor," adding, " the Mayor was very polite, and behaved like, a Gentle- . _ man ;" but his Deputy, " that ruffian-looking fellow, by G—, I thought I was arrested for high treason." The repot.' went instantly abroad that Mr. Mathews was arrested, and that there would beano performance, which occasioned a great loss to that Gentleman, and very considerable chagrin to the society who patronised him. Some time after wards the same constable went to the office at the Theatre, and stared that the Mayor expected, as coctomary, nine tickets (54 shillings worth), but tha► he (the constable) would not be so mean, throwing down four teupennies for his own ad mission. Mr. M. ordered the four tenpennies to be sent after the " fellow." THE THEATRE.--The Tragedy of Othello, sup ported by the continue ! ' popularity of Mr. KEAN, drew a numerous audience last night to Drury- Lane Theatre. Allowing for the want of a war like figure, and the careless dignity of demeanour which may be supposed to mark the heroic cha racter, Mr. KEAN certainly infused energy into the general support of it, and evinced acute feeling. logo was restored to BENGOUGH, who gave a respectable support to it. 117 e know not whether Mr. CLEARY has withdrawn himself, but if so, the Stage will lose what would, we doubt not, have become one of its essential props. Mrs. IVEST gave to Desdemona all that interesting expression and simple tenderness which the part requires, and 1)0 , 4 erfully excited sympathy and consequent ap plause. MUNDEN afforded full compensation to the audience for the mournful tendency of the Play by his admirable humour in the Farce of The Rival Soldiers. His Nipperkin was irresistably diverting. SURRENDER OF DEAN THE MURBERER..--ThiS morning, Dean, who committed the horrid murder bn Saturday night last, on a poor little child named ALBERT, residing near the Elephant and Castle; surrendered himself, at 5 o'clock this morning, at the watch-house of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and was conveyed to Giltspnr•street Compter. He was taken before the LORD MAYOR at 11, who ordered him to be taken before the Magistrates at Union Hall.—A Coroner's Inquest is sitting this day at the Wellington Arms, New ington, on the body of the child. LONGEYITY.--Sir ISAAC HEARD, Garter at Arms, is now in the 88th year of his age ; Sir PHILIP FRANCIS, in the 85th ; Mr. COUTTS, the Banker, in the 83 ; and Mr. WATKINS, ill the 76th year of his age. The above distinguished characters have been for a series of years upon terms of friendly intimacy, frequently dining to gether at Brighton, and in the enjoyment of good health. BARBAROUS ACT OP MALICE.--A few nights ago, some villains entered a field at Maida-hill, Paddington, and most inhumanly slaughtered a mulch cow, the property of Mr. Sprang, the cow keeper. Whilst the poor animal was still alive, the ruffians divided the hind quarters, part of which they carried away, and next morning the remainder was found by Mr. Sprang's servant in that mangled state. A reward of 201. has been very properly offered for the apprehension of the perpetrators of this inhuman outrage. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. FOR THE SUN. Mn. EDITOR,—No man, who engages in the discussion of a public question, can be indifferent to the observations which tall from labourers in the same vineyard ; and although I hose hitherto refra:ned front intetropting the series of An Old Barrister, I have been quite alive to his well meant endeavours, and had some hopes of collecting a few gleanings to aid my own stock of oeficiency. He has, however, somewhat diseppointed the hopes which I bad entertained, and I tear he has trot altogether realized the expectations of the Public. These are the motives which induce me to resume the subject, with a view to invite others to a more ample discussion, mud if the same able Correspondent should encourage this iovitation, he will be entitled to my acktiowledgmsnts. I was interested in his statement, that " the present Act was one of oppression for the con. veuience of Parliament, rather than the benefit of Insolvents, as it obliged nelsons to prefer the fotmer mode of legislative relief on the spur of ne cessity ;" he also stated that, '' under ti e old Acts of Insolvency, there were no AGENTS but Attor nies—no special Commissioners at a large expence to the Country, cloathed with powers short of arbitrary; but under the present Act there is a sort of assumed system of jorisprudence, raised with a distinct Court, of Counsel, and AGENTS who are NOT ATT.RNIES, to promote or oppose the pe•itions of prisoners for debt. Such an Act, therefore, he could not call wholesome as it em braced too much : consequently FRAUD was pro duced by the knave on one hand, and OPPRESSION on the other." In reply to this . recital, I must refrain from any reference to Parliamentary motives as alluded to by the Writer, and confine myself to the abuses resulting from the Act alone and its Administration. The evils of an indiscriminate system must in some cases bear hard. The extension of the Law of Arrests was intended for the security of credi tors in a Commercial Country, and universally admitted to he indispensably necessary. The true question is, can the present evils be diminished and the rights of creditors strengthen. ed ? The continuance of legal protection is their just right, and the recourse to expedients for re lief of debtors has always been attended with circumstances disgraceful, and some consequences most disastrous. Worthless men of every description seem to have conspired basely to nip in the bud the just hopes and expectations of the trailing interests, and to frustrate the judicious and wise intentions of our forefathers in favour of honesty and upright dealing. 'That the present Act of Insolvency has been pregnant with evil consequences to creditors, and is an innovation on their rights, cannot be denied. must, therefore, deprecate the wild speculations of theory which are offered in opposition to practical experience. Your Correspondent has reflected very harshly upon the disposition and conduct of creditors, and his remarks may in some few instances be found to apply ; but if creditor s are censura bl e f or selfish and interested conduct, justice complains also of those debtors who will readily subject themselves to personal restraint, for the purpose of defeating just and lawful claims, and -oisplay ing their iniquitous determinations in the pursuit of pertinacious villainy. Against practices of this description, the law, under the present Act, has not provided an ade quate remedy. If a man owes 1,001. or any other sum exceeding 3001. and possesses an estate of 1001. a-year, but is resolved to keep his credi tors out of their money, the debtor may quietly retire to the LIBERTIES of the King's Bench or the Fleet, where lie will seat himself in the lap of luxury, and ridicide the creditors' impotent en deavours to obtain their right, as there is no com pulsory mode under the present Act to secure the claimant. It would be impossible in the space of a letter to detail the many practices of iniquity, plunder, and artifice, which fraudulent and designing cha racters resort to, for imposing on the public and injuring credit, as daily experience too amply af firms the troth of such villainies being practised, and the inadequacy of the present Act to check the mischiefs. Persons of depraved minds very commonly take up goods to a considerable amount, and obtrude on the seller bills or notes which purport to bear a value, butt are frequently drawn and accepted by fictitious firms, or who are in - a state of insol vency, and such securities are found no better than waste paper ; and although the transaction originated with a fraudulent intention, the injured and deceived creditor has no legal remedy for pu nishing the conniver and perpetrator of the rass cally design. To prove the obdurate disposition of knavish persons in custody for debt, it lately occurred that an individual, upon hearing of a petition to Par liament for the relief of Debtors, and being asked to sign it, he peremptorily refused, and stated that he was not willing to give up his property to sa tify his creditors on condition of obtaining his discharge, nor would he ever make a surrender unless compelled by law. The supporters of the present Act have not given an idea of what was hazarded by the change—they do not act as wise tradesmen to sit down and calculate the chance of loss and gain, but go on at a venture. Innovations are daily increas ing, and reformation in the law of debtor and credi tor is good or bad, according to the case that offers. The present Act is one by which we have lost much confidence and security, and it is now be fore the Public under the specious guise of liber ty, as all innovations must be which tend to de stroy the liberty it professed to strengthen. The liherty of the country needed no wild speculations to secure it. . Experience is preferable to theory, and proves that the present Act is not only defec tive in its provisions, as applying to debtors, but inadequate to the protection of creditors. Dreadful abuses are known to have resulted from the conduct of AGENTS practising in the Court, upon whom I shall offer some animadver sions in a future letter, as also my contemplation as to the best mode of rendering the law of debtor and creditor more equitable than its present advo. cates can say it is under the present Act. " Potestas modn veniencli inpublicdwTh sit dicendi neqcnizinl tionrecuso.''—cicKs Q . S U TATO.it,